Mortad - The Myth of Purity
This is one of those bands where the hotness of the band’s vocalist is usually the gist of any reviews or interviews done about them. With Chthonic, it’s Doris Yeh. With Arch Enemy, it’s Angela Gassow. For Mortad, you have Somi Arian. Yes, she is hot. Terrorizer magazine is probably going to have a poster of her in an upcoming issue unless whoever is constantly fapping off to Doris Yeh can somehow figure out a way to sneak another poster of her in instead. Still, this is a music review so unless you have a good imagination (and you’re willing to fap to Death/Thrash Metal), we’re only going to concern ourselves with what’s on the CD. The first thing about Somi Arian that you need to know is that she isn’t a singer in the Nightwish or Lacuna Coil vein. She’s fronting a Death/Thrash band and unless you saw a picture of her growling into a microphone, you’d never know that the singer was a woman. The vocals are harsh and corrosive. Think of her as the Persian version of Angela Gassow. I just wish the rest of the band’s output was the same caustic and aggressive brew. The thing that struck me about The Myth of Purity was how bland the music was. It chugged along in a very workman-like manner, never getting overly aggressive, brutal or heavy. It was there but it really didn’t reach out and grab you. I think part of the problem was that the drums buried the guitars most of the time. The guitars really need to be turned up or the snare drum turned down significantly. Maybe all they need is a rawer production. One of the hallmarks of the best Thrash or Death Metal is the ability of the band to get your head banging and your adrenaline flowing. They really need that here. The most exciting parts of any of Mortad’s songs are the guitar solos. That’s the only section of the song that kicks into high gear. Somi’s vocals are aggressive enough on their own but she can’t override the fact that the rest of the band is sleepwalking through their performances. I really wanted to like this album, but the lack of any seriously kick-ass songs and the general “blah” music kept that from happening.
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